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Volusii Saturnini
The Volusia gens was an gens, ancient Roman family. Members * Marcus Volusius, aedile 43 BC; he had been proscribed, but managed to escape in sacerdotal vestments borrowed from a friend who was a votary of the goddess Isis. * Volusius Vorenius, a centurion associated with Julius Caesar * Volusius (Catullus), Volusius, an annalist mentioned in the poetry of Catullus * Volusius Proculus, assassinated empress Agrippina the Younger, Agrippina and associated with Epicharis (Pisonian conspirator), Epicharis of the Pisonian conspiracy of 65 * Lucius Volusius Maecianus, jurist in the second century and father-in-law of the usurper Avidius Cassius * Volusia Vettia Maeciana, wife of the usurper Avidius Cassius * Quintus Volusius Flaccus Cornelianus, consul of 174 * Volusius Venustus, politician of the fourth century * Lucius Volusius Successus, whose mausoleum is underneath the Vatican Necropolis Volusii Saturnini * Quintus Volusius (prefect), Quintus Volusius (Saturninus), prefect of Cicer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gens
In ancient Rome, a gens ( or , ; plural: ''gentes'' ) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same Roman naming conventions#Nomen, nomen and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a ''stirps'' (plural: ''stirpes''). The ''gens'' was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Roman Italy, Italia during the period of the Roman Republic. Much of individuals' social standing depended on the gens to which they belonged. Certain gentes were classified as Patrician (ancient Rome), patrician, others as plebs, plebeian; some had both patrician and plebeian branches. The importance of membership in a gens declined considerably in Roman Empire, imperial times, although the ''gentilicium'' continued to be used and defined the origins and Roman dynasty, dynasties of Roman emperors. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, ''Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities'', Second Edition, Harry Thurston Peck, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |